Rose M. Garland
Rose M. Garland is a successful graduate from the school of hard knocks. Raised for 11 years in the US foster care system, Rose beat the statistics, graduated high school, got her B.A. from a prestigious university, and went on for her masters. She has been published in journals, and is a contributor to several anthologies. Rose writes a daily blog to faithful readers about emotional self-help, and offers advice at www.risingupward.com.
| Kraft Employee Kills Two Co-Workers, Leaves One Critically Wounded | |
| Breaking news of a 43 year old woman, Yvonne Hiller, who shot 3 people, killing two and critically wounding one with a .357 Magnum. | |
| 15:31 Sep 10, 2010 PST | |
| Living With Depression | |
| Those that don't have reoccurring Depression often really don't understand it. Even still, in today's 'more enlightened' age people with Depression hear platitudes and judgmental 'truths' from people that have no understanding of the disease | |
| 10:23 Sep 3, 2010 PST | |
| American Generosity is a Form of Patriotism | |
| Americans will and are still stepping up to provide aid for Pakistan and Afghanistan, because we are a people that don't like to see innocents, especially kids, suffering from lack of food, blankets, shelter or medications. | |
| 07:25 Aug 27, 2010 PST | |
| The IRS Has Improved - Hasn't It? | |
| The IRS HAS definitely gotten friendlier in the last 5 years, but there's still as much red tape as there ever was. And here's an amusing example... | |
| 10:36 Aug 18, 2010 PST | |
| Interview With Criminal Profiler, Pat Brown on the Flint Michigan Serial Killer | |
| To get more information on this case and on serial killers in general, I spoke with the well-known Pat Brown, a respected criminal profiler who has worked on a lot of national cases. | |
| 13:58 Aug 12, 2010 PST | |
| Advice for 'Help, I've Been Written Up!' | |
| One of the problems in the corporate world, is that it doesn't really matter who you are, or what you mean to do. What does matter is how you are PERCEIVED. | |
| 12:22 Aug 5, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: The Profiler, My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths | |
| The entire story of how she tried to bring the serial killer to justice, and, to all appearances, failing in that endeavor, is extremely thought provoking and suggests inadequacies in the current ways crime is investigated. | |
| 15:20 Aug 2, 2010 PST | |
| Small Special Needs Publishing Company To Pay Big Legal Bills for Mattel | |
| The well-known toy manufacturer, designer, marketer and distributor Mattel, Inc, has been involved in a legal dispute with a small company that specializes in teaching materials for Special Needs and Autistic children... | |
| 22:59 Jul 14, 2010 PST | |
| Rumors that Al Franken Won MN Election With Illegal Votes By Felons | |
| If you read the article carefully, it never actually says that the felons all voted for Al Franken - just that they 'may have.' Of course the article never suggests that they all could have voted for the other guy just as easily and how he may st | |
| 12:52 Jul 12, 2010 PST | |
| I Still Support Obama | |
| I'm only a moderate Democrat, and a slight one at that, meaning I mostly vote for Dem's, but throw in some Republican and third party candidates too. | |
| 14:26 Jun 20, 2010 PST | |
| How Does Your Company Get on Yahoo's Front Page? | |
| How is it that one of our stories can have 20 yahoo Buzz's, but Yahoo's own story with only one buzz gets on the front page, while ours never do? How does your company do it? | |
| 19:14 Jun 7, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: Twilight Series VS True Blood | |
| The Twilight series really excited me at first.... Friends and relatives who rarely read were gung-ho about these books. But the Sookie StackHouse books are hands down better than Twilight, with a similar theme. | |
| 16:23 Jun 5, 2010 PST | |
| Green Dot Card Lets You Purchase With PayPal | |
| Unique Green Dot Card can be purchased at places like Walmart, and can be used like a gift/phone card. | |
| 15:08 Jun 3, 2010 PST | |
| Alleged Villain Joran Van Der Sloot Finally Arrested? | |
| Joran Van Der Sloot has finally been arrested just a few minutes ago. Two lovely young women dead. Natalie Holloway and Stephany Flores. Tragic doesn't even begin to cover the dark emotions and grief that the deaths of these two women provoke. | |
| 11:22 Jun 3, 2010 PST | |
| NewsBlaze Offers Quality Editing | |
| Writers can submit their manuscripts to NewsBlaze editors for editing at a reasonable price. | |
| 17:43 Jun 1, 2010 PST | |
| Unsociable Networking: Reddit Bans Long-Time Members | |
| Remind you of press censorship in China anyone? Remind anyone of Hitler's media campaigns, where you could write anything you wanted, so long as it was something the Nazi party approved of? Isn't this America? | |
| 16:08 May 29, 2010 PST | |
| The BP Oil Spill: How Bad Is Bad? | |
| From cataracts to lung cancer, some men and women who were part of the Exxon Valdez cleanup shared symptoms that they could not attribute to anything else. | |
| 08:22 May 21, 2010 PST | |
| Suspicious White Powder Found at Liberty Bell Shuts out Tourists | |
| A balloon type object containing a suspicious white power was found today in Philadelphia near the Liberty Bell Pavilion. | |
| 14:48 May 20, 2010 PST | |
| Cool ThingsTo Buy That Make Life Easier | |
| In the last year, I've bought some big and small purchases that I'm very happy with. From hand-held vacuums to electronic litter boxes, you'll get the 'scoop' here. | |
| 17:31 May 19, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: Paint It Black by Janet Fitch | |
| This is one of the best books I've read lately, and I absolutely don't recommend it - to anyone. | |
| 14:27 May 19, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro | |
| For those who like thrillers, Swimsuit by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro is a story that may just scare the tar out of you. | |
| 08:40 May 19, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: Bake Deliciously! Gluten & Dairy Free Cookbook by Jean Duane | |
| This is an extremely accessible cookbook for those looking to eat Gluten and Dairy Free. | |
| 08:32 Feb 17, 2010 PST | |
| Pulling Yourself Up By Your Bootstraps is a Myth | |
| There are many hard working people that never seem to get anywhere, but it's not from lack of trying. | |
| 15:58 Feb 16, 2010 PST | |
| Study Pinpoints Genetic Link for Bipolar Disorder and Depression | |
| For those dealing with Depression or Bipolar Disorder, research by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) reports the possibility of a common gene that may point to genetic risk factors. | |
| 10:51 Feb 10, 2010 PST | |
| Experience of Repressed Memories | |
| Our unconscious is amazing. Skeptical? Yes, I was definitely skeptical about repressed memories when I first heard of them. I based this on what I knew at the time. | |
| 06:08 Feb 3, 2010 PST | |
| DIY Gluten-Free Cereal Company | |
| New start-up, Custom Choice Cereal is a DIY option for wheat-free eaters! | |
| 07:21 Feb 2, 2010 PST | |
| Top 5 Staples for the Gluten-Free/Wheat-Free Diet | |
| Every kitchen needs staples, but if you're recently introduced to the gluten-free or wheat-free diet, what staples do you need? Consider these suggestions. | |
| 16:18 Jan 31, 2010 PST | |
| Top 5 Gluten-Free/Wheat-Free Foods | |
| There are some lousy gluten-free/wheat-free foods out there, but there are some great ones too. This is a list of 5 fantastic gluten-free foods. | |
| 11:57 Jan 31, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: The Emerging Mind, co-written by Karen Nesbitt Shanor, PH.D. | |
| The Emerging Mind although not light reading, is fascinating. Authors such as Deepak Chopra, Frank Putnam, Jayne Gackenbach, and Karl Pribram contribute to this interesting compilation on the meaning of consciousness. | |
| 08:44 Jan 27, 2010 PST | |
| Writing With Your Head, Writing From Your Heart | |
| Journalists, contributors, bloggers, and writers of all kinds have a dilemma. Do I write from my head or my heart? | |
| 11:45 Jan 24, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: Midwives by Chris Bohjalian | |
| Midwives is an interesting fictional book about an accidental death during a home birth. | |
| 07:08 Jan 24, 2010 PST | |
| Learn Time Management With Facebook Games? | |
| Facebook games teach time management by giving virtual repercussions. | |
| 11:37 Jan 21, 2010 PST | |
| Flash Your Boobies If You Love America! | |
| Rod Carrington's Video, 'Show Them To Me' is a funny parody on doing something for God and Country. Not work safe. | |
| 07:26 Jan 20, 2010 PST | |
| The Gluten-free / Wheat-free Diet - Are You Out of Your Mind? | |
| I can't eat bread anymore? Doctor, are you out of your mind? | |
| 16:48 Jan 18, 2010 PST | |
| Police Quotas: Crime Doesn't Pay - Does it? | |
| Law enforcement is necessary. And Police men and women are usually really good people, who chose this job out of a desire to help make this world a better place. | |
| 15:31 Jan 17, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood | |
| Fans of Jane Austen will enjoy this story of a notorious murderess Grace Marks. It is fiction based on a true story of earlier centuries, when America was just beginning and psychiatry had not quite been introduced. | |
| 06:44 Jan 12, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant | |
| The Red Tent by Anita Diamant is a unique story based on the Book of Genesis from the Old Testament of the Bible from a woman's perspective. | |
| 19:33 Jan 9, 2010 PST | |
| Child Fatality Rates From Abuse/Neglect Increasing | |
| NCANDS reports an estimated 1,760 child fatalities resulting from abuse or neglect. | |
| 17:19 Jan 9, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: The Gods Trilogy, Terry Pratchett | |
| If you like Kurt Vonnegut or the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, or are a fan of Monty Python, then chances are you will like Terry Pratchett. | |
| 11:21 Jan 9, 2010 PST | |
| Uncle Sam's Children: Should Foster Children Stay With Their Birth Families? | |
| The statistics for children raised in foster care are staggering, and believe it or not, I believe they've improved significantly through the years. | |
| 07:56 Jan 7, 2010 PST | |
| Validation: The Short Film, The Large Need | |
| 'Validation' Winner of the Best Narrative Short, Cleveland Int'l Film Festival, the Gen Art Chicago Film Festival, and many others is a short film with a great message. The simple story is about a man on a quest to make others smile. | |
| 17:16 Jan 6, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron | |
| The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is a book that anyone searching for a more creative life can find merit in. It is both a poetic, insightful look into the psyche of an artist's soul, and a workbook for those seeking to bring more artistry into | |
| 18:19 Jan 5, 2010 PST | |
| Severely Mentally Ill Individuals Still Struggle With Homelessness | |
| One oft-neglected portion of our society, the severely mentally ill continue to struggle with homelessness. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reports that on any given night, approximately 664,000 people are homeless. | |
| 11:13 Jan 5, 2010 PST | |
| Americans for Open Adoption Records | |
| Americans for Open Adoption Records posts about reasons why any adopted person should have access to their own adoption records. Adoption records can be illuminating for an adoptee. | |
| 13:05 Jan 4, 2010 PST | |
| Book Review: A Woman's Worth by Marianne Williamson | |
| A Woman's Worth by Marianne Williamson is one of those books offering something special and insightful for each person reading it. It offers insights into becoming the woman that you want to be, rather than the woman you feel you should be. | |
| 18:21 Jan 2, 2010 PST | |
| Five Love Languages: Book Review | |
| Gary Chapman's insightful books on love offer unique viewpoints that can be applied to Christians and non-Christians alike. | |
| 12:01 Jan 2, 2010 PST | |
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